What is PST in CST (China)?

China Standard Time is 16 hours ahead

Pacific Time is on UTC−8:00 and China Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Convert a time

PST — Pacific Time

CST — China Standard Time

4:00 pm

CST, Sat

Time in Los Angeles: 12:30:29 AM
Time in Beijing: 4:30:29 PM
Difference: +16 h
Next clock change: March 14, 2027

When the difference changes

Pacific Time and China Standard Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:

Now – March 14, 2027China Standard Time is 16 hours ahead
March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027China Standard Time is 15 hours ahead
November 7, 2027 – onwardsChina Standard Time is 16 hours ahead

Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

Pacific Time

Sunday, March 14, 2027

Clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on PDT after that.

China Standard Time

No clock changes

China Standard Time stays on CST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

PST to CST (China) conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from Pacific Time to China Standard Time. 16 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Beijing, which is marked.

12:00 am PST: 4:00 pm CST
1:00 am PST: 5:00 pm CST
2:00 am PST: 6:00 pm CST
3:00 am PST: 7:00 pm CST
4:00 am PST: 8:00 pm CST
5:00 am PST: 9:00 pm CST
6:00 am PST: 10:00 pm CST
7:00 am PST: 11:00 pm CST
8:00 am PST: 12:00 am CST+1 day
9:00 am PST: 1:00 am CST+1 day
10:00 am PST: 2:00 am CST+1 day
11:00 am PST: 3:00 am CST+1 day

12:00 pm PST: 4:00 am CST+1 day
1:00 pm PST: 5:00 am CST+1 day
2:00 pm PST: 6:00 am CST+1 day
3:00 pm PST: 7:00 am CST+1 day
4:00 pm PST: 8:00 am CST+1 day
5:00 pm PST: 9:00 am CST+1 day
6:00 pm PST: 10:00 am CST+1 day
7:00 pm PST: 11:00 am CST+1 day
8:00 pm PST: 12:00 pm CST+1 day
9:00 pm PST: 1:00 pm CST+1 day
10:00 pm PST: 2:00 pm CST+1 day
11:00 pm PST: 3:00 pm CST+1 day

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST, which is 9:00 am to 10:00 am CST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

A note on CST (China): it can also mean the abbreviation CST is shared with US Central Time and Cuba Standard Time.

Pacific Time (PST) is used in San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas and Vancouver

China Standard Time (CST) is used in the whole of China, which runs on one offset from Kashgar to Shanghai